Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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David J. Cathcart and Keziah Wilson




Husband David J. Cathcart 1 2

           Born: Abt 1800 - Ireland
     Christened: 
           Died: 11 Feb 1877 3
         Buried:  - Knox Twp, Clearfield Co, PA
       Marriage: 



Wife Keziah Wilson 1 2

           Born: Abt 1810 - New Jersey
     Christened: 
           Died: 15 Oct 1865 3
         Buried: 


Children
1 F Eliza Ann Cathcart 1 2

            AKA: Eliza Kathcart 4
           Born: 15 Aug 1825 1
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1898
         Buried: 
         Spouse: John Baughman (1826-Bef 1898) 5


2 M William M. Cathcart 1 2 6




           Born: 24 Feb 1827 - Ansonville, Clearfield Co, PA 1 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Martha Jane Read (1837-1893) 2 6 7
           Marr: Jun 1859 2 6
         Spouse: Rebecca Dunlap (      -      ) 8 9
           Marr: Aug 1897 8


3 M James Cathcart 2 10

           Born: 23 Apr 1829 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 27 Jul 1884 3
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Rachel Flegal (      -      ) 3
           Marr: 23 Nov 1856 3


4 F Martha J. Cathcart 1 2

           Born: 3 Jul 1831 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Frederick Gulich (      -      ) 1


5 F Mary C. Cathcart 1 2

           Born: 16 Jun 1834 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: William McDonald (      -      ) 1


6 F Keziah Amelia Cathcart 1 2

           Born: 1 Oct 1836 1
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1898 - Knox Twp, Clearfield Co, PA
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Samuel Hoover (      -      ) 1


7 F Margaret Eleanor Cathcart 1

            AKA: Ellen Cathcart 2
           Born: 15 Jul 1839 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Abram Walker (      -      ) 1


8 F Sarah R. Cathcart 1 2

           Born: 9 Apr 1842 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Peter Owens (      -      ) 1


9 F Julia L. Cathcart 11

           Born: 28 May 1845 11
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Jonathan Walker (      -      ) 11


10 M David Wilson Cathcart 2 11

           Born: 13 Sep 1848 11
     Christened: 
           Died: 16 Oct 1857 11
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Did Not Marry



General Notes: Husband - David J. Cathcart


The Cathcart family is of Irish origin. David Cathcart came as a boy of six years to America, with his parents, who located in New York. In early manhood he went to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he purchased property, but later moved to Cambria County, and finally to Clearfield County. About 1830 he bought 200 acres of woodland in the vicinity of Olanta, and settled there, building a log cabin for a residence while clearing his farm.

He was born in Ireland but from the age of twelve years spent his life in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania. After marriage he and his wife located at Ansonville, where he engaged in farming, shoemaking and teaching school. Later he acquired a farm of 312 acres in Knox Township, which was later owned by his son, William M., and lived on this place until his death, at the age of seventy-seven years and his burial was in private grounds on his own place. His wife lived only to be fifty-five years of age and her burial was in the same place. They were members of the Methodist Episcopal church. On account of an injury to his knee, Mr. Cathcart did not succeed in clearing more than thirty acres of his land.

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Sources


1 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 567.

2 Roland D. Swoope, Jr., 20th Century History of Clearfield County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1911), Pg 574.

3 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 566.

4 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 612.

5 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 567, 612.

6 Carl Ross McKenrick, My Family and Antecedents (Baltimore, MD: Self-published, 1949), Pg 11.

7 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 660.

8 Roland D. Swoope, Jr., 20th Century History of Clearfield County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1911), Pg 577.

9 Carl Ross McKenrick, My Family and Antecedents (Baltimore, MD: Self-published, 1949), Pg 14.

10 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 566, 964.

11 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 568.


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